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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 35
Monday, June 9, 2003
The
Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons
with Disabilities met in camera at 3:25 p.m. this day, in Room 269, West
Block, the Chair, Judi Longfield, presiding.
Members of the Committee
present: Eugène
Bellemare, Monique Guay, Tony Ianno, Judi Longfield, Gurbax Malhi, Monte
Solberg.
Acting Members present: Bob Wood for Peter Adams,
Sébastien Gagnon for Suzanne Tremblay, Lynne Yelich for Jim Gouk, Joseph Volpe
for Larry McCormick and Larry Bagnell for Diane St-Jacques.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament:
Chantal Collin and Kevin Kerr, Research Officers.
Pursuant to Standing Order
108(2), the Committee resumed its study on Literacy.
The Committee proceeded to
discuss its draft report on Literacy.
At 3:58 p.m., the sitting
was suspended.
At 4:15 p.m., the sitting
resumed.
It was agreed, -- That the
final report (as amended) on “Raising Adult Literacy Skills: the Need for a
Pan-Canadian Response” be adopted as the Third Report of the Standing Committee
on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.
It was agreed, -- That the
Clerk be authorized to make such editorial and typographical changes as
necessary without changing the substance of the Report.
It was agreed, -- That the
Chair be authorized to table the Report in the House.
It was agreed, -- That the
Committee print 550 copies of its Report in a bilingual format.
It was
agreed, -- That, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee request that the
Government provide a comprehensive response to this Report within one hundred
and fifty (150)days.
It was agreed, -- That,
pursuant to Standing Order 108(1)(a), the Committee authorizes the printing of
the dissenting opinion of the Block Québécois as an appendix to this report
immediately after the signature of the Chair; that the dissenting opinion be
limited to not more than five pages; (font = 12; line spacing = 1.5) and that
the dissenting opinion be delivered in electronic format in both official
languages to the Clerk of the Committee not later than 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, June
10th .
At 4:16 p.m., the Committee
adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Danielle Belisle
Clerk of the Committee